As Novak Djokovic was plotting how to win a record 21st tennis grand slam title, it almost certainly did not involve being confined in a quarantine hotel used by the Australian government to hold refugees.
The world number one’s extraordinary detention in Melbourne this week, after Australia’s border force ordered his removal from the country, shows even the world’s biggest sporting icons are not immune from public health strictures against coronavirus.
Djokovic has found himself stuck at the Park Hotel ahead of his appeal on Monday after tournament organisers’ decision to award him a medical exemption was criticised and his visa revoked, putting the defence of his Australian Open title in doubt.
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